My Quest to Find My Waist

According to my scale I have only lost 26 lbs, but the inches are coming off!!!! I was given a free shirt at a conference I went to over the weekend.  I automatically asked for a 2x, because thank GOD I was able to get out of 3xs which I had grown into last fall.  But I have worn 2xs since I was about 22-23 years old.  2x or 22-24.  As I was looking in the mirror in my hotel, I realized that the shirt I had on was too big.  Too big!!!! A 2x was too big!  I thought “Whoa!”  So when I had some time on my hands I went shirt shopping and bought two regular xls and 1 girly xl.  I knew the girly one wasn’t going to fit just by stretching it across my front, but I bought it as motivation.  The next morning, I put on one of the xls and it fit.  It’s a little snug, but only a little.  I wore it and a pair of leggings and took a walk into Times Square.  I can’t tell you the last time I wore leggings in public outside of a dance studio. (And it took a lot of courage to do that!)

So, today when I realized that I have no clothes to teach in tomorrow and decided to go shopping I picked up a 22/24 and held it up and pulled around my mid section. It went too far.  I was like, “huh?” It took me a sec to figure out that it was too big!!!! Then picked up and 18/20 and it went to the right spot.  So I bought about 6 shirts.  I didn’t try them on until I got home and THEY FIT!!!!!!!!!!!  I feel so good. Awesome in fact!  Yay me! Celebrate with me buddies!!!